ABC Company is liable for illegal dismissal.

In illegal dismissal cases, the employer bears the burden of proving that the
termination was for a valid or authorized cause.
With respect to the procedural aspect of illegal dismissal, well-entrenched is the
principle that in order to establish a case before judicial and quasi-administrative
bodies, it is necessary that allegations must be supported by substantial evidence.
Substantial evidence is more than a mere scintilla.Ledesma, Jr. v. NLRC, G.R. No.
174585, 19 October 2007, 537 SCRA 358, 368; Philippine Air Lines v. Court of
Appeals, G.R. No. 159556, 26 May 2005, 459 SCRA 236, 251. It means such relevant
evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.
As regards the substantial aspect of this case, under Article 279 of the Labor Code,
as amended, employees who have been illegally terminated from employment are
entitled to the twin reliefs of reinstatement without loss of seniority rights and to the
payment of full back wages41 corresponding to the period from their illegal
dismissal up to actual reinstatement. Reinstatement is a restoration to the state
from which one has been removed or separated, while the payment of backwages is
a form of relief that restores the income that was lost by reason of the unlawful
dismissal. Proper where reinstatement is not advisable or feasible as when
antagonism already caused a severe strain in the relationship between the
employer and the employee, separation pay may also be awarded where, as here,
reinstatement is no longer practical or in the best interest of the parties or when the
employee decides not to be reinstated anymore.
Petitioner asks for reinstatement with full backwages for the illegal dismissal caused
by ABC Company.